Brevard County School Board v. Hopkins

Because Claimant is not eligible for permanent total disability (PTD) benefits as to her psychiatric condition, and the final order does not limit the award of PTD benefits to Claimant’s physical condition, we reverse the order.

While the parties stipulated that Claimant reached statutory maximum medical improvement (MMI) * on January 2, 2003, this was only physical MMI, because psychiatric treatment had not been authorized until after that date and just before the start of trial on October 9, 2004. The judge of compensation claims (JCC) did not make an explicit finding that Claimant had…